Troll

About this book

A Children's Book Council Summer 2024 Showcase: Imagination Celebration! Pick Meet Troll--an underground bully who learns the power of words and empathy in this gently powerful picture book just right for sharing and storytimes. Once, there was a scary troll with a scary voice and the scariest love for trolling the forest creatures that dared to come anywhere near him. Each day, he shouted nasty warnings to passersby, telling them to hurry along. But he never faced his victims, choosing instead to shout the obscenities from inside his cave. Then one day Troll comes face to face with one of those victims: a sweet little rabbit, who can't hear and, therefore, can't understand Troll's bullyish behavior. Suddenly, trolling isn't as fun for Troll when the recipient is real--and defenseless. Join Troll as he learns the power of words to both empower and harm, and relish in his transformation from thug to friend as he embraces a new voice for love. Key Features: Powerful messages of empathy and working through underlying fears. Troll is a conversation starter for adults, opening talks about how to communicate with their children; the book will be perfect for election season as an instrument to teach social awareness during a heated time, online and in person. Sing-song rhyming story with a warm color palette that lends well to storytime, bedtime reading, and classroom readings. Features pillars of Social Emotional Learning (SEL): social awareness, relationship skills.